Activation cross-sections of longer lived products of proton induced nuclear reactions on manganese up to 70 MeV

•Experimental excitation function of proton induced reactions on manganese up to 70 MeV.•Model code calculations with EMPIRE-3 and TALYS (TENDL-2012).•Integral production yield calculation.•Thin Layer Activation (TLA) curves for 54Mn and 51Cr.•Tabulated experimental results.

In the frame of a systematic study of the activation cross-sections of the proton induced nuclear reactions, excitation functions of the 55Mn(p,x)54,52gMn, 51Cr and 48V were measured up to 70 MeV. Cross-sections were measured with the activation method using the stacked foil irradiation technique and high resolution γ-ray spectrometry. The experimental data are analyzed and compared to the earlier results and to the prediction of the EMPIRE-3 as well as the TALYS theoretical model code in the TENDL-2012 library. From the measured cross-section data integral production yields were calculated. Practical applications of the cross-sections e.g. for thin layer activation are discussed.